If you are fishing for large game fish, cured salmon eggs are the ideal bait. Largemouth bass, muskellunge, salmon, and other large fish species love them.
Here's how to cure salmon eggs to use as bait:
After you withdraw the eggs from a salmon you are cleaning, keep the egg sacs--also called skeins--intact. Cover a large, flat,moveable surface with 1/4 inch of borax. Cut the egg sacs (skeins) across the membrane in slits of 3 to 4 inches. Lay the egg sac (skein) sections 1 inch apart on top of the borax. Scatter more borax over the top to produce a light coating. Be sure all egg sacs are covered.
Move the large mobile surface that the eggs are on into a protected area that has good circulation all around. The eggs must not be in direct sunlight and cannot get moist, so make certain they are invulnerable from wetness. Allow the sacs to dry for 2 to 3 days, making sure to turn them every 12 hours.
Pick the egg sacs out of the borax and shake off any excess them in plastic bags or storage containers. The egg sacs are ready to use when they are completely dry and feel leatherlike, but pliable. If eggs are decently cured, they can be kept in the plastic bags or containers to be utilized on anticipated angling trips.
Cheese Bait
Cheese bait can be utilized to catch catfish, chub, and carp. In fact, carp especially love cheese bait. So if you're seeking to catch any of these species or a huge carp that's been hanging around your fishing hole, here's how to construct your own cheese bait:
Utilize 10 ounces (284 grams) of pie pastry and roll it flat on a chopping board or counter top. Smear the pastry with aged cheddar flavor. Add 6 ounces (170 grams) of grated cured cheddar cheese and 4 ounces (115 grams) of crumbled Danish blue cheese. Make sure it's crumbled to fine grains.
Fold the pastry over the cheese so it is entirely covered and roll once more. Proceed in this process until the pie pastry and the cheese are mixed completely and the cheese is absorbed by the pastry.
Form the paste into a big ball and knead by hand. Add 10 drops of the mature cheddar flavoring to a freezer bag and arrange the cheese paste ball into the bag. Place in the freezer.
When it's thawed, this bait has a very appealing consistency and texture, and a very powerful cheesy odor. Roll the thawed paste into cheese balls and place into a container for your next fishing trip.
After you place a cheese ball onto your hook, adjust the hook's point into the center, cast and wait patiently for the fish to bite. Optionally you may add a couple of drops of red food coloring to the paste, but it isn't necessary.
